At Castello Art Residency 2026, Martha Guillorn presents an installation rooted in the intimate afterlife of language—how words, memories, and unfinished conversations continue to resonate through the body. Her practice turns personal grief into tactile sculptural structures, using electrical wire, coded text, wood, and architectural references to create a space where language becomes less about direct translation and more about touch, rhythm, concealment, and emotional prese

As part of Castello Art Residency 2026, Ekaterina Ilina reinterprets traditional Italian apotropaic masks through a contemporary sculptural language. Drawing on ideas of protection, vulnerability, and the Earth as a shared home, her work brings together cement, mosaic, construction materials, and local stone to explore the fragile boundary between history, landscape, and decay. Your project draws inspiration from traditional Italian apotropaic masks. What first attracted you

Your work brings together traditional craft techniques and contemporary artistic expression. How do you see this relationship? -This is not just art, but the revival of past cultural codes, traditional ornaments and their interweaving with the rhythm of modern life. What makes your artistic practice deeply personal for you? -It is personal and emotional, because each knot and stitch passes through my inner world, requires exceptional patience, and carries a memory of emotions

Margarita Ghazaryan is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice is centered on embroidery and textile art. Through traditional techniques, she investigates social structures, stereotypes, collective memory, and women's experiences. Working at the intersection of research and material practice, Ghazaryan transforms embroidery from a domestic craft into a critical artistic language. Could you tell us about your artistic practice and the themes you explore? — I am Margarita Gh